Yuriko Hishimi

Some performers spend a lifetime chasing a role that sticks. Yuriko Hishimi got hers in her early twenties and has lived beside it ever since. Born in Tokyo in 1947, she signed with Toho in 1965, made her film debut the following year, and then came Anne Yuri in Ultra Seven. For a whole generation of Japanese viewers, she simply is Anne. What strikes me is that she never seems to have fought it. Most actors treat a defining role as a cage to escape; her social media handle still carries the name, which reads to me as something closer to affection. One role of that weight explains more than a long resume would anyway.

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Name (English)

Yuriko Hishimi

Name (Japanese)

ひし美ゆり子

Reading

ひしみ ゆりこ

Born

June 10, 1947 (age 79)

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Height

158 cm

Occupation

seiyū / actor / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Boar

Active years

1966 -

Works summary

Appearances

173 (1966–2025)

By year (titles with a known year)

1966: 4, 1967: 6, 1968: 3, 1969: 8, 1970: 8, 1971: 8, 1972: 8, 1973: 12, 1974: 4, 1975: 8, 1976: 2, 1977: 3, 1978: 6, 1979: 7, 1980: 8, 1981: 2, 1982: 8, 1983: 5, 1984: 2, 1985: 7, 1987: 3, 1988: 2, 1993: 1, 1994: 2, 1996: 1, 1997: 3, 1998: 3, 1999: 2, 2000: 3, 2002: 1, 2006: 3, 2007: 3, 2008: 2, 2011: 3, 2012: 1, 2013: 2, 2015: 1, 2016: 1, 2017: 2, 2020: 1, 2025: 1, year unknown: 13

Debut work

パンチ野郎

Filmography / notable works

• Xhttps://x.com/ANNEinfinity
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuriko%20Hishimi
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%B2%E3%81%97%E7%BE%8E%E3%82%86%E3%82%8A%E5%AD%90
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3543465

Tags

• Tokyo
• seiyū
• actor
• film actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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